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Abstract: What can be worse than death? A bad health system. The healthcare system in Colombia is on life-support. This crisis has been going on for a while now, but last year the situation got so bad that several medical institutions had to declare bankruptcy. Hospitals don’t have the capacity […]

What role does access to healthcare play in determining the economic success or failure of individuals and nations? Is it possible to bring better health to more people without bankrupting ourselves?

When we talk about healthcare in Solomon Islands, it’s back to the very basics. It’s more basic than doctors, hospitals or access to medical supplies. My visit to a coastal village in Ngela, Central Islands Province, really opened my eyes to how the absence of proper sanitation affects people’s health […]

With Hungary’s joining the EU, the country now faces a previously unforeseen challenge: with the new freedom of movement, it’s not just the Hungarian plumber who’s leaving the country for a better future abroad, but droves of doctors and nurses too in an exodus that has brought the healthcare system […]

  I dread the moment I need to see a doctor in Russia because I know that seeing a doctor in Russia is not a pleasent experience. The prospect of crass bureaucracy coupled with idiotic rules and endless waiting in line forces me to turn around and take the same […]